112 AGRICULTURE OF MAINE. 



president of the association, Hon. Rutillus Alden of YVinthrop, 

 was chosen as a member of the advisory council of the Maine 

 Agricultural Experiment Station for the coming year. It was 

 voted that the Commissioner of Agriculture be directed to confer 

 with the officers of the Maine State Agricultural Society, the 

 Eastern Maine Fair Association, and all other agricultural soci- 

 eties in the State which receive three hundred dollars or more 

 annually from the State for the promotion of agriculture, and 

 urge better methods of stock judging at their fairs. 



Remarks were made by prominent creamery men and dairy- 

 men in relation to the best methods of improving dairy products, 

 and the advisability of an organization of the creamery managers 

 in order to better harmonize their interests. 



A committee on resolutions was appointed, consisting of Dr. 

 G. M. Twitchell, Augusta, Prof. G. M. Gowell, Orono, and Hon. 

 J. A. Roberts, Norway. The following resolutions were pre- 

 sented by them and adopted by the meeting: 



Resolved, That the members of this association desire to 

 express their obligations to and testify their appreciation of the 

 lifelong devotion and faithful services of Major H. E. Alvord, 

 Chief of the Dairy Division, in behalf of our dairy interests. 



Resolved, That renovated butter is second only to colored 

 oleomargarine as a counterfeit and fraudulent competitor of all 

 genuine fresh butter and should be subjected to similar legal 

 restrictions. The provisions for taxing and stamping renovated 

 butter, included in the so-called Grout bill, are approved, and 

 the regulations for identifying this article when sold, which have 

 been made and published by the Secretary of Agriculture, are 

 fully commended. That officer is respectfully urged to require 

 strict compliance with those regulations. 



Resolved, That as members of this association, devoted to the 

 advancement of our dairy interests, we desire to express our 

 sincere obligations to the citizens of Waterville, city officials, 

 members of the Board of Trade and Pomona Grange, for the 

 grand reception, the free use of City Hall and the armory, the 

 generous hospitality and cordial assistance which have con- 

 tributed so much to the complete success of this Conference. 



Resolved, That our thanks are due the hotels of Waterville 

 and the railroads for reduced rates. 



